Private William Carter

Army Number: 265614 (formerly 2667)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Nottingham, Son of William James and Mary Carter, of 24, Holme Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Nottingham and went to France on 25th February 1915. He was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private William Carter is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
West Bridgford War Memorial, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.